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Confusion surrounds the case of imprisoned Indian journalist
Naveen Soorinje, who
was jailed for exposing an attack on young men and women last summer by extremists
belonging to the Hindu Jagran Vedike, self-appointed moral police in coastal
Karnataka. Soorinje's report helped lead
to the arrest of dozens of attackers. But Karnataka state--ruled by the Hindu
nationalist Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP)--has grouped him with the very attackers
he exposed. Soorinje's continued imprisonment warrants a look at the larger
picture in coastal Karnataka.